Good game, Confusing at first. Here are some tips..... – Sad Princess HD Review

Sad Princess is missing a decent tutorial to help new players get the swing of things. I hope this helps a little. Check your inventory! It's limited and when it full you cannot pick up anything you see dropped by enemies except for health potions. You can use, or drop unwanted items if you are not around a cave to sell them. Racking up hits fills your "sad" meter. This is easy to do since if you're quick enough you can continue to gather meter filling hits on dead guys as well. This will allow more use of the "sad" power. Once the meter (the second one in the middle of the 3 colored lines) is full, tap the top left icon with her face in it and you get a temporary boost to your attack, and a one shot special attack can be tapped (little icon shows near the action buttons cluster bottom right) for massive damage in the direction you're facing. You need gems to upgrade your weapon at the smith in the cave. Each different colored gem stone has a different upgrade affect, and you can stack upgrades. Or you can buy some from the first on the 3 vendors in that cave. The first vendor sells items, like gems, potions. The second is the smith, he sells and upgrades weapons. The third is the pet vendor. Each buys unwanted items but only the same type they sell. You can't sell potions to the smith for example. Progressing to the next level always goes through the cave head to the right passed the three vendors. Going to the right offers you the option to play the previous level again, keeping your coins and inventory intact. You win medals after completed levels depending on your rating, which can then be traded in the cave to play a little card game by tapping cards to reveal a goodie under it. Could be money, stones, potions etc. You can play up to 3 medals ( as far as I can tell so far) I'm not sure how, but I've managed to get d,c,a and an s rating after the levels I completed. I'm guessing your rating has something to do with how fast you are, how many hits you collect, how few hits you took, etc. But I can really put my finger on the actual criteria. You get 2 points to spend on your skills at each level up. Tap the bag top right when you see and hear the level up indicator, then from your menu select the icon at the far left to access your skills to upgrade. Tapping the top right bag when in the game takes you to character info, inventory, information, options etc. This is what I've learned in the first hour, it's not exact, but it might help players get the hang of this really good side scrolling action game. It shouldn't be ignored because of the lack of tutorial or initial confusion. The art style, pets, slight RPG elements are all very well done, and it's really good despite the confusion at first. Sorry this is so long. I wanted to try and give detailed assistance best I can. Totally worth the 2 bucks. Find me in Game Center, I'm Fallen Weeble.
Review by SmiteMatter on Sad Princess HD.